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John 16

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John 16:1–4

  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:1–4 — After the promise of the Holy Spirit, to inspire them with strength to give witness; He well adds, These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. (Rom. 5:5) For when the love of God is shed…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on John 16:1–4 — For the Jews had already agreed, if any confessed that He was Christ, that he should be put out of the synagogue.vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:1–4 (2) — But what evil was it to the Apostles to be put out of the Jewish synagogues, which they would have gone out of, even if none had put them out? Our Lord wished to make known to them, that the Jews were about not to…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on John 16:1–4 (2) — Then He consoles them: And all these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father nor Me. As if He said, Let this consolation content you.vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:1–4 (3) — And He mentions these things beforehand, because trials, however soon to pass away, when they come upon men unprepared for them, are very overwhelming: But these things have I told you, that when the hour shall come,…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on John 16:1–4 (3) — And He predicted these trials for another reason, viz. that they might not say that He had not foreseen them; That ye may remember that I told you of them, or that He had only spoken to please them, and given false…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:1–4 (4) — In the other three Evangelists these predictions occur before the supper; John gives them after. Still if they relate them as given very near His Passion, that is enough to explain His saying, These things I said not…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on John 16:1–4 (4) — Or, He had foretold that they should suffer scourgings, but not that their death could be thought doing God service; which was the strangest thing of all. Or, He there told them what they would suffer from the…vatican.va

John 16:5–11

  • John Chrysostom on John 16:5–11 — The disciples, not as yet perfected, being overcome by sorrow, our Lord blames and corrects them, saying, But now I go My way to Him that sent Me; and none of you asketh Me, Whither goest Thou? They were so struck…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:5–11 — Or whereas they had asked Him above, whither He was going, and He had replied that He was going whither they would not come; now He promises that He will go in such a way that no one will ask Him whither He goeth:…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on John 16:5–11 (2) — As if He said, Though your grief be ever so great, ye must hear how that it is profitable for you that I go away. What the profit is He then shews: For if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you.vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:5–11 (2) — This He says not on account of any inequality between the Word of God and the Holy Ghost, but because the presence of the Son of man amongst them would impede the coming of the latter. For the Holy Ghost did not…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:5–11 (3) — But could He not send Him while here, Him, Who, we know, came and abode on Him at His baptism, yea Him from Whom we know He never could be separated? What meaneth then, If I go not away, the Comforter will not come…vatican.va
  • Gregory the Great on John 16:5–11 — As if He said plainly, If I withdraw not My body from your eyes, I cannot lead you to the understanding of the Invisible, through the Comforting Spirit.vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:5–11 (4) — The Holy Ghost the Comforter brought this, that the form of a servant which our Lord had received in the womb of the Virgin, being removed from the fleshly eye, He was manifested to the purified mental vision in the…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on John 16:5–11 (3) — What say they here, who entertain unworthy notions of the Spirit? Is it expedient for the master to go away, and a servant to come? He then shews the good that the Spirit will do: And when He is come, He will reprove…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:5–11 (5) — But how is it that Christ did not reprove the world? Is it because Christ spoke among the Jews only, whereas the Holy Spirit, poured into His disciples throughout the whole world, reproved not one nation only, but…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:5–11 (6) — But it makes a great difference whether one believes in Christ, or only that He is Christ. For that He was Christ, even the devils believed: but e believes in Christ, who both hopes in Christ and loves Christ.vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:5–11 (7) — The world is reproved of sin, because it believes not in Christ, and reproved of righteousness, the righteousness of those that believe. The very contrast of the believing, is the censure of the unbelieving. Of…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:5–11 (8) — Or thus: They believed not, He went to the Father. Theirs therefore was the sin, His the righteousness. But that He came from the Father to us, was mercy; that He went to the Father, was righteousness; according to…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:5–11 (9) — Or, is judged, i. e. is destined irrevocably for the punishment of eternal fire. And of this judgment is the world reproved, in that it is judged with its prince, the proud and ungodly one whom it imitates. Let men…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on John 16:5–11 (4) — Or thus: Shall reprove the world of sin, i. e. cut off all excuse, and shew that they have sinned unpardonably in not believing in Me, when they see the ineffable gift of the Holy Ghost obtained by calling upon Me.vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:5–11 (10) — In this way too the Holy Ghost reproved the world of sin, i. e. by the mighty works He did in the name of the Saviour, Who was condemned by the world. The Saviour, His righteousness retained, feared not to return to…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on John 16:5–11 (5) — i. e. My going to the Father will be a proof that I have led an irreproachable life, so that they will not be able to say, This man is a sinner; this man is not from God. (c. 9:24, 16) Again, inasmuch as I conquered…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:5–11 (11) — The devils seeing souls go from hell1 to heaven, knew that the prince of this world was judged, and being brought to trial in the Saviour’s cause, had lost all right to what he held. This was seen on our Saviour’s…vatican.va

John 16:12–15

  • Theophylact of Ohrid on John 16:12–15 — Our Lord having said above, It is expedient for you that I go away, He enlarges now upon it: I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:12–15 — All heretics, when their fables are rejected for their extravagance by the common sense of mankind, try to defend themselves by this text; as if these were the things which the disciples could not at this time bear,…vatican.va
  • Didymus the Blind on John 16:12–15 — Or He means that His hearers had not yet attained to all those things which for His name’s sake they were able to bear: so revealing lesser things, He puts off the greater for a future time, such things as they could…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on John 16:12–15 — Having said then, Ye cannot bear them now, but then ye shall be able, and, The Holy Spirit shall lead you into all truth; lest this should make them suppose that the Holy Spirit was the superior, He adds, For He…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:12–15 (2) — This is like what He said of Himself above, i. e. I can of Mine own Self do nothing; as I hear I judge. But that may be understood of Him as man; how must we understand this of the Holy Ghost, Who never became a…vatican.va
  • Didymus the Blind on John 16:12–15 (2) — He shall not speak of Himself i. e. not without Me, and Mine and the Father’s will: because He is not of Himself, but from the Father and Me. That He exists, and that He speaks, He hath from the Father and Me. I…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:12–15 (3) — But it does not follow from hence that the Holy Spirit is inferior: for it is only signified that He proceeds from the Father.vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:12–15 (4) — Nor let the use of the future tense perplex you: that hearing is eternal, because the knowledge is eternal. To that which is eternal, without beginning, and without end, a verb of any tense may be applied. For though…vatican.va
  • Didymus the Blind on John 16:12–15 (3) — By the Spirit of truth too the knowledge of future events hath been granted to holy men. Prophets filled with this Spirit foretold and saw things to come, as if they were present: And He will shew you things to come.vatican.va
  • Bede on John 16:12–15 — It is certain that many filled with the grace of the Holy Spirit have foreknown future events. But as many gifted saints have never had this power, the words, He will shew you things to come, may be taken to mean,…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on John 16:12–15 (2) — In this way then He raised their spirits; for there is nothing for which mankind so long, as the knowledge of the future. He relieves them from all anxiety on this account, by shewing that dangers would not fall upon…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:12–15 (5) — By pouring love into the hearts of believers, and making them spiritual, and so able to see that the Son Whom they had known before only according to the flesh, and thought a man like themselves, was equal to the…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on John 16:12–15 (3) — And because He had said, Ye have one Master, even Christ, (Mat. 23:8) that they might not be prevented by this from admitting the Holy Ghost as well, He adds, For He shall receive of Mine, and shall shew it unto you.vatican.va
  • Didymus the Blind on John 16:12–15 (4) — To receive must be taken here in a sense agreeable to the Divine Nature. As the Son in giving is not deprived of what He gives, nor imparts to others with any loss of His own, so too the Holy Ghost does not receive…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:12–15 (6) — But it is not true, as some heretics have thought, that because the Son receives from the Father, the Holy Ghost from the Son, as if by gradation, that therefore the Holy Ghost is inferior to the Son. He Himself…vatican.va
  • Didymus the Blind on John 16:12–15 (5) — As if He said, Although the Spirit of truth proceeds from the Father, yet all things that the Father hath are Mine, and even the Spirit of the Father is Mine, and receiveth of Mine. But beware, when thou hearest…vatican.va
  • Hilary of Poitiers on John 16:12–15 — Our Lord therefore hath not left it uncertain whether the Paraclete be from the Father, or from the Son; for He is sent by the Son, and proceedeth from the Father, both these He receiveth from the Son. You ask…vatican.va

John 16:16–22

  • John Chrysostom on John 16:16–22 — Our Lord after having relieved the spirits of the disciples by the promise of the Holy Spirit, again depresses them: A little while, and ye shall not see Me. He does this to accustom them to the mention of His…vatican.va
  • Bede on John 16:16–22 — He saith, A little while, and ye shall not see Me, alluding to His going to be taken that night by the Jews, His crucifixion the next morning, and burial in the evening, which withdrew Him from all human sight.vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on John 16:16–22 (2) — But then, if one examines, these are words of consolation: Because I go to the Father. For they shew that His death was only a translation: and more consolation follows: And again, a little while, and ye shall see…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:16–22 — The meaning of these words however was obscure, before their fulfilment; Then said some of His disciples among themselves, What is this that He saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see Me: and again, a…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on John 16:16–22 (3) — Either sorrow had confused their minds, or the obscurity of the words themselves prevented their understanding them, and made them appear contradictory. If we shall see Thee, they say, how goest Thou? If Thou goest,…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:16–22 (2) — For above, because He did not say, A little while, but simply, I go to the Father, He seemed to speak plainly. But what to them was obscure at the time, but by and by manifested, is manifest to us. For in a little…vatican.va
  • Alcuin of York on John 16:16–22 — Or thus, It will be a little time during which ye will not see Me, i. e. the three days that He rested in the grave; and again, it will be a little time during which ye shall see Me, i. e. the forty days of His…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:16–22 (3) — Which must be understood thus, viz. that the disciples sorrowed at their Lord’s death, and then immediately rejoiced at His resurrection. The world (i. e. the enemies of Christ, who put Him to death) rejoiced just…vatican.va
  • Alcuin of York on John 16:16–22 (2) — But this speech of our Lord’s is applicable to all believers who strive through present tears and afflictions to attain to the joys eternal. While the righteous weep, the world rejoiceth; for having no hope of the…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on John 16:16–22 (4) — Then He shews that sorrow brings forth joy, short sorrow infinite joy, by an example from nature; A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come; but as soon as she is delivered of the child,…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:16–22 (4) — This comparison does not seem difficult to understand. It was one which lay near at hand, and He Himself immediately shews its application. And ye now therefore have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on John 16:16–22 (5) — By this example He also intimates that He loosens the chains of death, and creates men anew. He does not say however that she should not have tribulation, but that she should not remember it; so great is the joy…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:16–22 (5) — To this joy it is better to refer what was said above, A little while and ye shall not see Me, and again, a little while and ye shall see Me. For the whole space of time that this world continues is but a little…vatican.va
  • Alcuin of York on John 16:16–22 (3) — The woman is the holy Church, who is fruitful in good works, and brings forth spiritual children unto God. This woman, while she brings forth, i. e. while she is making her progress in the world, amidst temptations…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:16–22 (6) — Nor yet in this bringing forth of joy, are we entirely without joy to lighten our sorrow, but, as the Apostle saith, we rejoice in hope: (Rom. 12:12) for even the woman, to whom we are compared, rejoiceth more for…vatican.va
  • Alcuin of York on John 16:16–22 (4) — But as soon as she is delivered, i. e. when her laborious struggle is over, and she has got the palm, she remembereth no more her former anguish, for joy at reaping such a reward, for joy that a man is born into the…vatican.va
  • Bede on John 16:16–22 (2) — Nor should it appear strange, if one who departeth from this life is said to be born. For as a man is said to be born when he comes out of his mother’s womb into the light of day, so may he be said to be born who…vatican.va
  • Alcuin of York on John 16:16–22 (5) — I will see you again, i. e. I will take you to Myself. Or, I will see you again, i. e. I shall appear again and be seen by you; and your heart shall rejoice.vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:16–22 (7) — This fruit indeed the Church now yearneth for in travail, but then will enjoy in her delivery. And it is a male child, because all active duties are for the sake of devotion; for that only is free which is desired…vatican.va

John 16:23–28

  • John Chrysostom on John 16:23–28 — Again our Lord shews that it is expedient that He should go: And in that day shall ye ask Me nothing.vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:23–28 — The word ask here means not only to seek for, but to ask a question: the Greek word from which it is translated has both meanings.vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on John 16:23–28 (2) — He says, And in that day, i. e. when I shall have risen again, ye shall ask Me nothing, i. e. not say to Me, Shew us the Father, and, Whither goest Thou? since ye will know this by the teaching of the Holy Ghost: or,…vatican.va
  • Theophylact of Ohrid on John 16:23–28 — For when your prayers shall be fully answered, then will your gladness be greatest.vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on John 16:23–28 (3) — These words being obscure, He adds, These things have I spoken to you in proverbs, but the time cometh when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs: for forty days He talked with them as they were assembled,…vatican.va
  • Theophylact of Ohrid on John 16:23–28 (2) — He still cheers them with the promise that help will be given them from above in their temptations: At that day ye shall ask in My Name. And ye will be so in favour with the Father, that ye will no longer need my…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:23–28 (2) — But does He love us because we love Him; or rather do not we love Him, because He loved us? This is what the Evangelist says, Let us love God, because God first loved us. (1 John 4:19) The Father then loves us,…vatican.va
  • Hilary of Poitiers on John 16:23–28 — Perfect faith in the Son, which believes and loves what has come forth from God, and deserveth to be heard and loved for its own sake, this faith confessing the Son of God, born from Him, and sent by Him, needeth not…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on John 16:23–28 (4) — As it was consolatory to them to hear of His resurrection, and how He came from God, and went to God, He dwells again and again on these subjects: Again I leave the world, and go to the Father. The one was a proof…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:23–28 (3) — He came forth from the Father, because He is of the Father; He came into the world, because He shewed Himself in the body to the world. He left the world by His departure in the body, and went to the Father by the…vatican.va
  • Alcuin of York on John 16:23–28 — This is His meaning then: In the world to come, ye shall ask Me nothing: but in the mean time while ye are travelling on this wearisome road, ask what ye want of the Father, and He will give it you: Verily, verily, I…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:23–28 (4) — The word whatsoever, must not be understood to mean any thing, but something which with reference to obtaining the life of blessedness is not nothing. That is not sought in the Saviour’s name, which is sought to the…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:23–28 (5) — And this is that full joy, than which nothing can be greater, viz. to enjoy God, the Trinity, in the image of Whom we are made.vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:23–28 (6) — Whatsoever then is asked, which appertained to the getting this joy, this must be asked in the name of Christ. For His saints that persevere in asking for it, He will never in His divine mercy disappoint. But…vatican.va
  • Gregory the Great on John 16:23–28 — When He declares that He will shew them plainly of the Father, He alludes to the manifestation about to take place of His own majesty, which would both shew His own equality with the Father, and the procession of the…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on John 16:23–28 (7) — But this sense seems to be interfered with by what follows: At that day ye shall ask in My name. What shall we have to ask for in a future life, when all our desires shall be satisfied? Asking implies the want of…vatican.va

John 16:29–33

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